Combination implement



APPLICATION FILED Aume. 1919.

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GOMBINATIT EMPLEMENT.

Latinas.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application inea august'as, i919. serial no. aaaoas.

To all Iwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Pan A. PETERSON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useiul lmprovements in Combination Implements, of whichy the following is a specification.

'lhis invention has as its object, to provide a convenient implement for household uses, the same comprising 'a conventional type of screw-driver, its shankfbeing suited to receive lan attachment rcombining in its structure a pair of claws adapted for pullingl tacks, a hammer, and an etlieient can opener.

This'object is attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an implement made in accordance with the inivention and indicating its application as a tack puller;

l? ig.- 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a ilierspective view showing the attachment in detail;

Fig. i is a perspective view showing the shank portion of a screw-driver adapted to receive the attachment;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View illustrating the use of the implement as a can-opener; and l Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal, fragmentary sectional View taken through the center of the implement.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the nznneral 10 designates the handle of a con- 'ventional type ot screw-driver, the same having a rigid metallic ferrule 11 through which passes the shank 12 of the screwdriver blade 14, the shank here being shown. as comprised of a round st'eel rod firmly se- .cured in its handle.

Formed longitudinally in the shank 'l2 is a shallow `groove or slot 15 relatively narrovT and rounded at the bottom. Extending below the bottom of the slot are two recesses 16 andv 17 positioned respectively near the blade 14 and ferrule 11, the purpose of Awhich wilibe further on described.

A head, generally designated by the numeral 18, contains a longitudinal passage '19 adapted to receive the shank 12, and formed integral with it, on its lower sideittfthe rear, is a solid block 20 preferably of square crosssection, this block being adapted for use as a hammer.

Extending at an upward angle at the frontv are a pair of prongs 21 having a space 22 therebetweem'these prongshaving sharp an guiar advance edges adapted rto be pressed below the head. of va tack, small nail'or the like, as best shown in l? ig. 1whereby the same may be raised by properly manipulating the screw-driver, the block 20 acting as fulcrum for the leverthus provided.

A blade 23 is also integrally formed with the head 18, the same being laterally separated from the prongs by a space 24 -and.' raised slightly above them. This blade has a convex sharply-formedupper edge and an acute point 25 adapted to be forced into the cover of a can, as best shown in Fig. 5, while the adjacent prong acts as a guide enabling an operator to easily shear the top near its marginal edge, the rim of the can entering into the space thus affording means for separating the covers of cans of any form in an eicient manner.

The head. 15? is maintained in engagement with the shank nndernormal conditions by Patented' aune i, ieee.r

a detent pin 26, the same passing freely lirough an opening 2T in its upper portion, opposite the hammer 20, the pinbeing riveted to abent fiat spring 28, near its outer free end 29 which is up'turned so as to be easily raised by an operator, the other end of the spring being secured te the head 18 by a rivet 30,

lin operation, the head 18 is passed over the screw-driver blade, the detent engagin in the slot 15 so as to guide the head an prevent it from turning; and'wh'en the deV vice is used only for its functionA in driving screws, the 'head ismoved upward on the shank until the detent pin 26 engages in the recess 17, which maintains the slidable elements closely adjacent the handle, as in,- dicated by the broken lines in When the device is tol be usedfas a hammer, tack puller or can opener, the head ismoveddown on the shank until the detent .engages in the recess 16, holding the head blows, or as a fulcrum when using the prongs', the bottoms of the prongs acting as a fulcrum when shearing cutter 23.

From the foregoing it will be Seen that a can top by the convenient and practical implement has been disclosed capable of perforinincy several of the constantly occurring requirements ot' domestic nature in an etlicient and satisfactory manner.

This disclosure is to be regarded as mainly descriptive and not restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously other embodiments may be constructed. including n'ian'y minor modifications. without departing; from the general scope herein indicated and here claimed.

What 1 claim isi 1. in a device of the class described. the combination with a handle havingy a straight cylindrical shank of uniform thickness, of a head slidable on said shank, means for 'maintaining said head in either of two definite positions on .said shank. a'cutter ear- 'ried by said head. and means for guiding said cutter laterally.

In a device ot' the class described. .the ooml'iination with a handled c vli'ndricalrlever containingr a longitudinal slot in on side and indei'itatimis formed in the hottoin ot the slot approximately at its endst of a head slidable on said lever. a spring-actuated detent carried bj: said head engrageable in either ot' the `mentioned indentations, anda ulcrurn for said lever fqrmed witii said :in said shank and head, means` preventing relative rotation of said head and shank, and trifurcated evtensionsl at the extremity of said head. two of said extensions acting as prongs and one as a cutter.

i. In a device ot' the class described, the combination with a lever having a straightshank containing a longitudinal slot and a pair of recesses extending; downward therefrom. of a head slidable on said shanlnmeans carried buv said headengagealile in the nientioned slot and recesses, a block formed at the rear of said head opposite said engagincr means. said block acting as a fuicruin for said lever. a pair of spaced prongs e3- tending yangularly outward from said head at the front thereof, and a cuttingl element formed with said head spaced laterally from said prongs and raised thereabove.

In testimonT whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

' PE t A. PETERSON'. 

